On Kansas High Plains, There’s No Place Like A Clean Energy Home
July 2, 2009 by Keith Schneider · Leave a Comment
GREENSBURG, Kansas - The worst thing that ever happened to the more than 1,400 residents of this southwest Kansas farm town was the tornado that 26 months ago turned nearly every house and commercial building into scattered piles of splintered wood and broken bricks.
The best thing that ever happened to the 900 residents who remained has been a reconstruction effort based on a $100-million clean energy economic development strategy. Greensburg’s clean energy development plan has attracted the attention of two presidents, generated some of the most energy efficient homes and public buildings in the United States, and turned Greensburg into, arguably, the greenest small town in America. Read more
Recology Pursues Zero-Waste in Bay Area
June 27, 2009 by Jacob Wheeler · 1 Comment
San Francisco-based Recology is the national leader in helping American cities draw ever closer to becoming zero-waste communities. With the company’s guidance, San Francisco has achieved a recycling rate of 72 percent, the highest in the nation.
Clean Energy Sector Seeks Foothold in Struggling New Bedford
June 12, 2009 by Derek Fletcher · 1 Comment
“The town itself is perhaps the dearest place to live in all New England. It is a land of oil, true enough, but…also of corn and wine.”
With the publication in 1851 of Herman Melville’s classic novel Moby Dick, these words - depicting the bustling streets and thriving industry of New Bedford, MA - were emblazoned in eternity. As the center of America’s booming whaling industry, mid-19th century New Bedford boasted many notable residents, including Melville and famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Read more
Apollo President’s Tireless Pursuit of New Energy Economy
March 26, 2009 by Keith Schneider · 1 Comment
Like other nationally prominent public interest leaders, Apollo Alliance President Jerome Ringo spent a few days after Barack Obama’s election considering its full meaning. It wasn’t just that the new president was African American like himself. It was also that President Obama had campaigned and won on almost precisely the same call for a clean energy, good jobs economic transition that Ringo has championed for the Apollo Alliance from one end of America to the other.
Talk About a Window of Opportunity
March 21, 2009 by Keith Schneider · 1 Comment
In early December, when 260 members of United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America Local 1110 lost their jobs at Republic Windows and Doors, workers mounted a quiet but exceptionally effective resistance. Scores of them, working in shifts, calmly occupied the Chicago-based manufacturer for six days, asserting that they had the right under law to receive vacation and severance benefits.
Apollo Weekly Update, 3/6/09: Next is Energy and Climate Bill, Make It In America, Good Green Jobs
March 6, 2009 by Keith Schneider · Leave a Comment
We’re at day 46 of the first 100 days of the new administration. That roar coming out of Washington is the sound of a legislative freight train, fueled by the promise of a clean energy economy, and driven by a young and determined president.
Next: Stimulus Is Just The Start, Galbraith Argues, To Federal Leadership in Clean Energy Development
February 25, 2009 by Keith Schneider · 2 Comments
In mid-January, as the House of Representatives and the incoming Obama administration readied the nearly $800 billion economic stimulus bill, James K. Galbraith joined a 10-member delegation from the Apollo Alliance in Washington to make the case for a big investment in clean energy and green-collar jobs. Read more
February 24, 2009 by Elena Foshay · 3 Comments
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The Apollo Alliance has amassed a useful repository of information on implementing the clean energy, good jobs provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Check back frequently for updates. Apollo Weekly Update, 2/6/09: Senate Approves Stimulus, Jerome and ObamaFebruary 7, 2009 by Keith Schneider · 1 Comment
Like the other guests, Jerome was personally greeted by President Barack Obama. Jerome says that when he extended his hand and said, “Mr. President, I’m Jerome Ringo,” he was interrupted. “I know who you are,” said President Obama. “You’re president of the Apollo Alliance. You guys are doing great work. Keep up the great work.” Apollo Feedback: What Obama Should Do First, Part TwoNovember 12, 2008 by Keith Schneider · 5 Comments
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